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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti Steams Ahead On Linux

Phoronix: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti Steams Ahead On Linux

As some good news for the Linux graphics community after discovering the AMD Radeon R9 290 is currently a big disappointment on Linux (likely due to the Linux Catalyst driver not being kept up as well as the Windows Catalyst version), I was testing the GeForce GTX 780 Ti along with some other new NVIDIA GPUs and it's been a breeze. The GeForce GTX 780 Ti in particular has been a beauty on Linux and is the focus of today's Linux hardware review.

Buying an AMD graphics card for Linux is throwing money away, the nvidia proprietary driver is the only thing close to a mature graphics driver.

Indeed and I am getting tired to have no choice but to buy nvidia GPU to get high performance and reliability under Linux. SteamOS has been discussed for months with claims that AMD would improve their Linux support, and the result is still to be seen

Pricing doesn't sound right

At the time of writing, the GeForce GTX 780 Ti is retailing for just over $500 USD while the GeForce GTX TITAN is still command a one thousand dollar price tag. On the AMD Radeon side the R9 290 is going for just above $400 USD and the flagship R9 290X is selling for $550 and up.

I think the site you checked must have listed the card wrong as everywhere I've checked it is the GTX 780 (Non Ti) which is priced just over $500 USD and the price of the Ti version is $700.

Indeed and I am getting tired to have no choice but to buy nvidia GPU to get high performance and reliability under Linux. SteamOS has been discussed for months with claims that AMD would improve their Linux support, and the result is still to be seen

I'll grant you performance, but what exactly is the problem with Intel and AMD free driver reliability?